Knicks 118, Bucks 113

Editor's Note: Although I caught Knicks in 60, I totally missed the live action of this fantastic game. Thankfully, our boy Barnesgasm took some awesome game notes and did up a diary (I changed the title). By the way, I highly reccomend Knicks in 60. The random breaks are irritating, but its fun to already know what's gonna happen, especially in a close game. Anyway, heeeere's Barnesgasm.

Since Seth is supposedly depressed and quite possibly didn't watch this game, and never comments on these hear weekends, I feel I can do my part for this here thing we call Posting and Toasting and fill in, as I did a couple of times on the old site. Here we go.
Nate Robinson, Mardy Collins, and Jared Jeffries start. Somebody shoot me, probably not Mardy, because the motherfucker would miss.
And he proves me wrong with a three on his first try. He doesn't hit another one all game, but fills in on the boards with a lot of second effort and with good d. He shoots horribly from the free throw line all night, and CANNOT THROW AN ENTRY PASS! Overall, decent.
Ruben Patterson has the song "Ballin" played ever time he scores. Does anything about Ruben say "fadeaway jumper?" In other news, Charlie Bell's is "Ring my Bell." Clever, but Raja has it done right with stadium music with Hell's Bells. I hate me some AC/DC, but can listen to that song for hours.
David Lee gets injured. Good call playing him!
The Knicks go down 10 early but fight back to one by halftime, although it doesn't hold, and take the lead in the third.
Ruben Patterson has 8 steals. Huh.
Nate Robinson is getting ever so slightly more mature. He tries to draw charges, has played good d all year, and took layups on fast breaks. The Milwaukee crowd booed him for not dunking, but as Clyde notes, they'd boo him for dunking too. He has 20 at the half, and 34 to finish, which is a career high.He has been on fire of late, and is moving his way up into my top 10 favorite Knicks.
Its official. I have gone crazy for Daisy May's BBQ.
"appalling balling" I think that's a new one for Clyde. Also, I think my favorite Clyde phrase besides "penetrating and devastating" is "the Bucks will pay for their transgressions" because, I mean, what the fuck.
Renaldo and Jared are blocking all over the place.
Did I mention Mardy can't throw an entry pass? His offensive game reminds me of a shitty Franchise with no self confidence, as if instead of working on his J, Franchise spent his youth building up the confidence to ask this girl out and then when he finally worked up the balls to do it he found out she was going out with the star of the football team. What a bitch.
What is Dan Gadzuric?
Malik Rose gets called for a technical foul. The nerdiest tech ever.
Balkman has been in foul trouble all game, but is playing a big role. Randolph Morris and Cato never check in, but James plays for two minutes and picks up no stats. He has an opportunity for a rebound on a loose ball, but wisely attempts to stand still.
I bet the Knicks lead the league in loose ball fouls. I doubt I've seen one called against one of the Knicks opponent, but we pick one up every game.
Mo Williams draws a double team with the game tied and 25 seconds left. He passes the ball to Ruben Patterson, who comes in on the below side of my Mardy Collins quiz. He throws up a hideous three... and banks it in. I vomit a bit, and lament our lack of three point shooters sans everybody who is injured. Nate will have to shoot to tie.
.9 seconds left, Knicks down 3. Mardy Collins has the ball. Nate starts out in the left corner, and swings through the lane to a three, but nobody sets a pick for him. The play apparantly broken by poor execution, Collins hits Eddy Curry on the left wing just outside the 3 point line. Curry launches with Dan Gadzuric's outstretched arm in his face.
Time stands still.
Swish.
I don't shout, I simply say "oh my fucking lord." in a tone as if somebody has been shot. I slowly realize that Eddy Curry has hit a game timing 3 with no time on the clock. Wow.
Being a Bucks fan must be mighty depressing. They know they have been beaten, and are listless for OT. Gadzuric fouls out quickly, and the Knicks control the pace.
In the postgame, Curry says that the play was in fact designed for him. He says he was 1-1 on his career, and that Zeke had been planning this, and ask him "do you have a three in you" and he said "I got one." This makes me think that Isiah Thomas has given up on the season. Or he's the smartest man in the history of mankind.
Zeke backs Eddy up. He says that he's wanted the bigs to take threes with the game on the line, and that they'd been practicing the play, but that the Knicks were surprised when he actually pulled it out for that situation. Nate was his second option. This story better be complete bullshit, or I want to fire the entire Knicks coaching staff.
I love Eddy Curry. He finishes with 43 on 17-20 shooting, and provided probably my new favorite play of the year. I love Eddy Curry.
By the way, I love Eddy Curry.